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Daylight / Twilight (2010)

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:05:08 +0000

Daylight / Twilight
2010
HD video diptych
1 hr. 58 min. / 2 hr. 02 min.

The films Daylight (1996) and Twilight (2008) rearranged frame by frame based on each frame’s brightness value. Daylight runs brightest to darkest while Twilight runs darkest to brightest.

Daylight / Twilight in full on UbuWeb.

Embedded videos above are a sample of the first two minutes of each film.

Installation shots below from Line Item in a Table of Opposites:

Scripting by Keith McKnight

Fluorescent On Fluorescent Off (2010)

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:04:03 +0000

Fluorescent On Fluorescent Off
2010
Styrofoam, histogram curves from video stills, autoexposure
24 x 48 x 115 in.

Exposure Adjustment on a Sunset (2009)

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:04:02 +0000

Exposure Adjustment on a Sunset
2009
HD Video
39 min

Video of a full sunset altered so that the brightness level remains constant from beginning to end.

Exposure Adjustment on a Sunset on UbuWeb.

This is how the piece looks in progression over time:

View higher-res jpeg

Framing Exercise & OK (2009)

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:07:41 +0000

Framing Exercise
2009
Digital print
65 x 42 in.

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OK
2009
Digital print
65 x 42 in.

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